Heartburn or heart attack?

How to tell the difference
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More than 220,000 people suffer from heart attacks in the UK each year, and sadly, about one in three die before even reaching the hospital.

Heart attacks need to be dealt with immediately. The odds of surviving a heart attack are significantly improved if you are treated within 90 minutes of experiencing the first symptoms.

Despite being a medical emergency, too many people delay calling for an ambulance when symptoms start.

Research from the US has found that men waited an average of two and a half hours before contacting the emergency services, and women took even longer.

A likely explanation for this is that people know only one of the main symptoms of heart a heart attack - chest pain - but don't know the others. Even then, if the chest pain is mild, heart attack victims often put it down to a bad case of heartburn or indigestion. So how can you tell the difference?

Heart Attack Warning Signs
The common or 'classic' symptoms of a heart attack include:

•Pain in the centre of the chest
•Chest pain which spreads to the arms, neck or jaw
•Chest pain and feeling sick or sweaty
•Chest pain and shortness of breath
The less commons symptoms of a heart attack include:

•A dull pain, ache, or ‘heavy’ feeling in the chest
•A mild discomfort in the chest that makes you feel generally unwell
•A pain in your chest that can spread to the back or stomach
•A chest pain that feels like a bad episode of indigestion
•Feeling light-headed or dizzy as well as having chest pain
Heart attack symptoms differ from person to person. Chest pain can vary from mild discomfort in the centre of the chest to severe pain which is often described as a heavy pressure, crushing or tightness.

But, for others, the chest pain may be relatively mild, but accompanied by some of the other symptoms, so recognising a pattern of symptoms is key - 'heartburn' with breathlessness and sweating needs to be checked out.

Both men and women can experience common or uncommon symptoms of a heart attack, or even a combination of both. Either way, they need to be dealt with immediately.

link:
http://uk.health.lifestyle.yahoo.net/Common-and-not-so-common-heart-attack-warning-signs.htm

Naik tarf air - kedah dapat bah

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Saya tidak berani kata bahawa banjir di kedah itu sebagai tanda-tanda turun bala kepada Syarikat Air Darul Aman (SADA) yang mengumumkan kenaikan tarif air antara 25 dan 44 peratus bagi kegunaan domestik, membabitkan 457,707 atau 90 peratus pemegang akaun di Kedah pada 29 September 2010

Banyak kali benda ini berlaku:
1. Tahun 1971 berlaku banjir besar seluruh negara
ketika itu Datuk Asri Muda, President PAS dan
Perdana Menteri Tunku Abdul Rahman
bersumpah menafikan tuduhan masing masing
menjunjung al Quran
2. Pulau Langkawi menjadi Padang Jarak Padang Terkukur
mengikut lagenda Mahsuri yang difitnah

Link: http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/TarifairdiKedahnaik24hingga44peratus/Article

Saya salinkan berita yang ditulis dalam berita harian yang menyatakan “Selepas menang pilihan raya mereka bukan saja tidak memperbaiki mutu perkhidmatan bekalan air, malah menaikkan tarif air untuk kegunaan domestik.

“Kerajaan negeri perlu sedar kebanyakan rakyat negeri ini masih berpendapatan rendah dan kenaikan harga air menambah bebanan mereka.

“Sehubungan itu, kami mendesak kerajaan negeri menurunkan semula tarif air dan jika tidak, lebih baik Menteri Besar (Azizan) meletak jawatan kerana gagal menunaikan manifesto pilihan raya dijanjikan sebelum ini,” katanya selepas mengadakan demonstrasi secara aman di depan Wisma Darul Aman di sini, semalam.

Turut serta dalam demonstrasi itu ialah bekas Ketua Pemuda PAS Kedah, Mohd Najib Fahami Yahaya; bekas Setiausaha Kerja PAS Kedah, Md Noor Abd Rahman dan bekas wartawan Harakah Kedah, Zainun Ismail.

Selepas mengadakan demonstrasi itu, Abdullah turut menyerahkan memorandum bantahan itu kepada Ketua Pembantu Tadbir Pejabat Menteri Besar, Zulkifli Othman.

Sementara itu, Mohd Najib juga ahli PAS seumur hidup berkata, pihaknya kesal dengan tindakan kerajaan negeri menaikkan tarif air, sedangkan mutu perkhidmatan air masih pada takuk lama.

“Kualiti bekalan air di negeri ini di tahap lama kerana air paip berkeladak dan banyak kawasan sering menghadapi masalah gangguan bekalan air.

“Malah, banyak Sekolah Agama Rakyat (SAR) yang tidak mendapat bantuan kerajaan, juga berdepan kesukaran apabila terpaksa menanggung kenaikan tarif air tinggi selepas ini,” katanya.